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samuelwaln 4mo ago

Interpreting this utility demand charge · Datacenter Talk

frankfurt_ops said:
Power factor too. Utilities add penalty if your PF drops below 0.85

This is a good point generally but Hetzner Energy does not meter PF on submetered colo circuits. They pass through what the landlord meters. In Leaseweb AMS the landlord meters active kW only. I asked th...

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samuelwaln 4mo ago

Interpreting this utility demand charge · Datacenter Talk

ben20 said:
The 80% rule applies: you pay for peak demand OR 80% of historical peak, whichever is higher.

Thanks for that, but you need to check power factor too. Utilities add penalty if your PF drops below 0.85. Happened to my rack at InterServer, they snuck it in as "reactive dema...

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samuelwaln 5mo ago

Toronto not Montreal—fight me · VPS Hosting

FlowSana said:
Built a theology around it

I had a client like this. "Frankfurt for finance." Same latency to London, higher power cost, but Frankfurt = serious. We billed accordingly.

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samuelwaln 2y ago

Finally decommissioned our last R720 · Datacenter Talk

wendy said:
Does anyone still want 2.5" SAS drives by the pound?

Congrats on the refresh Which providers take XMR for e-waste disposal? Asking for a friend who wants to stay private about his hardware trail. CloudCone used to but they stopped last year.